General Wellbeing - Healthy Lifestyles and Physical activity

Wellbeing Service BANES

The Wellbeing Service BANES is delivered by HCRG and offers a range of support, including:

• Stop Smoking
• Adult and Children’s Healthy Weight
• Type 2 Diabetes education
• Free healthy family courses (HENRY, Cook IT and LEAP)
  
• NHS Health Checks

Exercise Referral Scheme (GLL and Dragonfly)

Exercise Referral Scheme provides a personalised exercise programme based around the health conditions of the person and what they would like to achieve. This service offers a subsidised leisure centre membership. The partners are GLL Leisure or Dragonfly Leisure centre locations. A referral for this service requires approval by a GP or a medical professional. Please confirm whether approval has been given

The Active Way

The Active Way Hub operates in the Somer Valley and works with a range of local partners. It promotes a range of active travel, including cycling, walking and wheeling. The Hub is available for all age groups. The Hub supports people to help them build confidence, motivation, knowledge and skills to engage with walking and cycling activities long-term.

SWALLOW Supporting people with learning disabilities

SWALLOW charity supports people with learning disabilities to access a range of health and fitness activities including football, dancing, walks and zumba. They work with teenagers and adults with learning disabilities in and around Bath & North East Somerset and provide a range of services and opportunities to enable people to live life to the full. Find out more here.

Live Well B&NES (Council)

Live Well B&NES provides impartial information and signposting to many services, groups and organisations across the Bath & North East Somerset area. The site is split into three areas of need, providing support to adults to continue living independently, information to support young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities and parenting support to families including Ofsted registered childcare. See Health and Wellbeing for services, groups and organisations offering support around health and wellbeing including counselling, stop smoking, food choices and sexual health.